Applying Lizard Skin On An FFR Roadster - Snake Oil I Say!!

I read through the article "Applying Lizard Skin On An FFR Roadster" and had hoped more information would be provided as to how this product actually performed after it was applied.  The writer indicates he has used "most of the products out there over the past 9 years" to deaden sound and control heat transfer.  If this is the case one would hope that at least one sentence would be writen about how much better this product was compared to "most of the products out there".  

What has been shown is that this product in my view takes a long long time to apply it.  From what I read it took about two full days after prep.  Furthermore it has to be applied using two different products, one for sound control and another for heat control.  This is hardly convenience.  He also mentioned that a 95 F temperature slowed the drying time.  This will limit how, when and where you apply it, again not convenient.

There are other multi-ceramic insulation coatings available that are single component and can be applied in a fraction of the time regardless of the temperature.  Variations of these products have been around for almost 20 years and can control heat transfer (and sound)to specified targets.

They were designed for industrial applications such as on steam piping and heat ducting.  At least 3  Nascar teams has been using one particular ceramic coating on a regular basis.  That said it would appear that a better solution is not necessarily that which is marketed just to the car industry alone.

This article appears more about advertising and self-promotion.  

interesting theory  

I wish I would have seen this earlier, but I guess I will go ahead and address some of your concerns. If you would have read through the article you would have noticed that the title described the article. "Applying Lizard Skin On An FFR Roadster" and not "The Performance Of Lizard Skin On An FFR Roadster". The article also says that even with the benefit of the 95 degree temps the high humidity slowed the drying process. It took a couple of hours each day to do the application, not two full days.
There are other ceramic coatings out there and no where did I say that this was the only one or even the best one out there. For me though, it wasn't bad to apply and has held up very well.
As far as the advertising, I don't sell the product and paid full price for it.
You got me on the self promotion though. I had an article published in a respected magazine that covers something that I enjoy.
Thanks for reading!  

Congratulations on your publication!

Perhaps you wrote the article primarily as a "how to" but it would be nice to know the results of your install and if it performed better or worse than expected. In other words, if it was a header or intake project, you most likely would have included your "seat of the pants" HP numbers and discussed the improved throttle response, etc.

Knowledge is power!    

Thank you!

You are right I could have waited until I was able to drive the car and see how the product performed and that would have made for a good closing to the article. I will say that the coating does a good job of controlling heat and noise compared to the other types of insulation out there. I would not use it if I had the car close to complete though due to overspray. If you start out the build and use the Lizard Skin in the begining stage in my opinion it is the way to go. If you start thinking about sound and heat control in the last stages of the build I would go with a Dyna-mat type of heat and sound control as at that point it is easier to apply it that to apply the Lizard Skin at that point.

I agree, you can never have to much knowledge.
Thanks.